Improvement in pen-and-pencil cases



JAMES M. CLARK. Improvement in Pen and Pencil Cases.

No. H4,HO. Patented pri|25,187l.

timid/Ii stew JAMES M. CLARK, OF JERSEY OITY, NEW JERSEY.

- Letters Patent No. 114,110, dated April 25, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT lN PEN-AND-PENCIL CASES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES. M. CLARK, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New J ersey, have invented an improvement inPen-and-Penoil Cases, and the following is declared to be a correctdescription thereof.

Pen-and-pencil cases have been made with a pencil that can be projectedby a screw at the end of a tube that is made to slide within thepencase, and this pen-case has had an inner and outer tube, with thepen-holder sliding between them. In cases of this kind the inner tube ofthe pen-case has been open from end to end in order that the pencil maybe drawn out or projected at one end of the case and-the pen at theother, and the magazine for the leads has projected, when the pencil isclosed and the case shortened, from the same end as the pen, and hencethe tube for the pencil-case and the magazine for the leads is liable tobecome inky, and the movement or" the parts thereby obstructed as wellas the appearance of the case inj med. 7

- My invention is made for the purpose of allowing the pen end of thetube in which the pencil slides to be closed up to prevent ink gettinginto the same, and for providing a magazine oi receptacle for leads atthe inner end or head of the pencil. This is accomplished by fitting thepencil head so as to slide within the inner tube of the case and beconnected with the body of the ever-pointed pencil by a screw, so thataccess is given to the magazine of leads introduced at this point.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the said case inan enlarged size, and

Figure 2 is an end view of the pen-oase.

The ever-pointed pencil .is made, as usual, with the tubular point a,that is drawn into or projected from the tube l) by means of thescrew-slot c.

d is the head of the said ever-pointed pencil, screwed to the body at e,and containing the lead-holder or magazine i, which can be opened byunscrewing the body I) from the head (I, the tubular magazine beingeither in the head or in the body of said case 6.

r is the inner, and

s the outer case of the pen-holder, united to each other at the taperingend 0, and between them the pen-holder and slide a is introduced andmoved by the band 1; around the pencil, connected to at through alongitudinal slot in s.

Instead of the tube 0- being open at the pen end, so that the head (1could beprojected at this end and unscrewed, I close the tube 1'permanently by the plate as, so as to keep ink from getting into thistube 7', and I-insert the pin 2 in the head (I, said pin 2 sliding in aslot in the tube 1' to prevent the parts being separated.

By this construction the parts do not become obstructed by ink, thepencil-case can be made of less length when closed, and of the samelength as heretofore when open, and the magazine is opened by 1111-screwing the body of the ever-pointed pencil from the head, when thepencil is drawn out, instead of unscrewing the head from the pencil whenthe case is closed, as heretofore.

I claim as my invention- The pen-case tubes 4" and s, united at a at oneend, and the tube a, closed by the plate at, at the other end, incombination with the ever-pointed pencil-case b and head at, when thelatter is provided with the pin 2 in the slot of the tube r, as and forthe purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of March, A. D. 1871.

JAS. M. CLARK.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. SMITH, Geo. T. PINCKNEY.

